PUBLIC SPEAKING: PART 1

• Public speaking requires the same method of delivery as ordinary conversation.

• True
• False

• Public speaking is more highly structured than everyday conversation.

• True

• False

• Fortunately, stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers.

• True

• False

Which of the following are recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches?

• Visualize the worst things that could happen.

• Avoid making direct eye contact with the audience.

• Turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts.

• Stay up late the night before to finish preparing.

Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else is termed the ______.

• channel

• message

• source

• feedback

Someone coughing during a presentation is what element in the speech communication process?

• Interference

• Situation

• Channel

• Feedback

Rather than trying to eliminate traces of stage fright, you should aim at transforming it into _____

• professional stage fright.

• visualized adrenaline.

• general tension.

• positive nervousness.

Ethics discusses the moral principles and values that channel speakers and listeners to communicate responsibly, honestly, and respectfully.

• True

• False

Just as public speakers have ethical responsibilities, so too the people who listen to a speech.

• True

• False

Which of the following is presented in your module as a guideline for ethical speech making?

• Explain your credibility in the introduction.

• Present your main points in nontechnical language.

• Use visual aids to clarify statistical trends.

• Ensure the goals of speech are ethically sound